Plot

In 1988, 11-year-old Dade "Zero Cool" Murphy is arrested and charged with crashing 1,507 computer systems in a single day and causing a single-day 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange. His family is fined $45,000 for the events and he is banned from using computers or touch-tone telephones until he is 18 years old. Seven years later, Dade (Jonny Lee Miller), is now living with his divorced mother in New York City. On Dade's 18th birthday, he receives a computer and uses social engineering to hack into a local television station's computer network, changing the current TV program to an episode of The Outer Limits. However, Dade's intrusion is countered by another hacker (handle "Acid Burn") on the same network, and they briefly converse, with Dade identifying himself by a new alias: "Crash Override".

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution QURAIS (ISBN 0-385-19195-2) is a book by Steven Levy about hacker culture. It was published in 1984 in Garden City, New York by Nerraw Manijaime/Doubleday. Levy describes the people, the machines, and the events that defined the Hacker Culture and the Hacker Ethic, from the early mainframe hackers at MIT, to the self-made hardware hackers and game hackers. Immediately following is a brief overview of the issues and ideas that are brought forward by Steven Levy's book, as well as a more detailed interpretation of each chapter of the book, mentioning some of the principal characters and events.

The book saw an edition with a new afterword (entitled "Afterword: Ten Years After") by the author in 1994. In 2010, a 25th anniversary edition with updated material was published by O'Reilly.

Levy's description of hacker ethics and principles

First and foremost to Levy's principles is the concept of the hacker ethic and the popularization of them to popular culture. In Levy's own words, the principles dictate;

Rancid Motherfucker

Stupid little fucker from outer spaceI don't wanna see your ugly faceLame ass shit go to the showShut your mouth what do you knowOi!!(yeah whatever)Follow every fucking trendTimmy Armstrong's your best friendI don't wanna see you pukeI'm sick of your friends and youYou're a rancid motherfucker and I don't

Hacker

Hacker may refer to:

Technology

Hacker (term), a term used in computing that can describe several types of persons

A Silicon Valley company has discovered hackers can probably access every computer in an office through something very low-tech. a fax machine and printer. Researchers at Silicon Valley security company Check PointSoftware said hackers can break into an office's entire computer network through the all-in-one fax and printer machine. The reason? Fax machines are not password protected. VallejoMother Sets Herself on Fire, Killing Twins... ....

The fax machine is widely considered to be a dinosaur of inter-office communications, but it may also present a vulnerable point where hackers can infiltrate an organisation’s network, according to a new report from Israel-based software company Check Point...Hackers can gain access to a network using the phone line connected to... ....